Provincial and local governments
Administration
New transport minister unveils 100-day plan
Sun Chanthol, the newly-appointed Minister of Public Works and Transport, revealed his plan to improve the ministry’s efficiency and transparency by overhauling its internal operations within his first 100 days in office during a speech yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23768/new-transport-minister-unveils-100-day-plan/
PM threatens to remove official because of poor roads
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday threatened to remove Sam Piseth, Phnom Penh’s Public Works and Transport Department Director, saying he was not satisfied with inefficient road maintenance in the capital. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23642/pm-threatens-to-remove-official-because-of-poor-roads/
Institutional reforms or leadership change?
A Cabinet reshuffle is expected this year after Prime Minister Hun Sen warned that if there were no quick and effective reforms, several cabinet ministers would be removed. The Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Agriculture have been rated as the lowest performers, but other ...
Chheang Vannarith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22338/institutional-reforms-or-leadership-change-/
CNRP official arrested in ‘fight’
A Cambodia National Rescue Party council member from Banteay Meanchey’s Thma Puok district has been arrested on suspicion of attacking a food vendor, officials said yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-official-arrested-fight
Cambodian official urges provincial government to shutter illegal gold mine
A top mining official on Wednesday urged the government of northeastern Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province to crack down on a group of Vietnamese running an illegal gold mining operation villagers and rights groups say is being protected by local authorities. ...
Ratha Visal, Hang Savyouth and Sort Sokphrana
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/mine-09232015163105.html
Plenty of paychecks for ghosts haunting Cambodia’s lax bureaucracy
Borith has been on the payroll of Cambodia’s parliament for 15 years but rarely shows up for work. He is busy with his other job at a non-governmental organization, and no one notices his absence. ...
Reuters team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13721/cnrp-lawmaker-capitulates--apologizes-to-assembly-president/
RCAF top brass unaware of M’kiri standoff
Two days after a platoon leader in Mondolkiri accused soldiers from Kratie of pointing their weapons at his men in order to free a group of suspected illegal loggers from Vietnam, two of the military’s most senior officials on Thursday said they were unaware of ...
Sek Odom and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rcaf-top-brass-unaware-of-mkiri-standoff-87239/
Soldiers face down soldiers over capture of loggers
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldiers from Kratie province surrounded a platoon from Mondolkiri on Tuesday night in order to free a group of Vietnamese men who had been detained on suspicion of illegal logging, a military official said Wednesday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/soldiers-face-down-soldiers-over-capture-of-loggers-87090/
Bus company seeks to delay talks on crash payments
The bus company involved in a road accident last month that killed 19 people in Svay Rieng province has requested that the provincial court delay negotiations for compensation to the victims, a court official said Tuesday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bus-company-seeks-to-delay-talks-on-crash-payments-86325/